maps are also distinct for the global knowledge required to construct them. A meaningful map of the world could not be constructed before the European Renaissance because less than half of the earth's coastlines, let alone its interior regions, were known to any culture. New knowledge of the earth's surface has been accumulating ever since and continues to this day. Maps of the world generally focus either on political features or on physical features. Political maps emphasize territorial boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps show geographic features such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Choropleth maps use color hue and intensity to contrast differences between regions, such as demographic or economic statistics.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Balkh map

Balkh Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Balkh Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Balkh is located in AfghanistanBalkh (/bɑːlx/; Persian/Pashto: بلخ Balkh; Bactrian: βαχλο, Pakhlo) was an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Sufism and Zoroastrianism in what is now northern Afghanistan. Today it is a small town in the province of Balkh, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya. It was one of the major cities of Khorasan, since the latter's earliest history. Marco Polo described Balkh as a "noble and great city".

The ancient city of Balkh was known to the Ancient Greeks as Bactra, giving its name to Bactria. It was mostly known as the centre and capital of Bactria or Tokharistan. Balkh is now for the most part a mass of ruins, situated some 12 km from the right bank of the seasonally flowing Balkh River, at an elevation of about 365 m (1,200 ft).

Outside the town was a large Buddhist monastery later known as Naubahar (or Nava Vihāra in Sanskrit).

French Buddhist Alexandra David-Néel associated Shambhala with Balkh, also offering the Persian Sham-i-Bala, "elevated candle" as an etymology of its name.In a similar vein, the Gurdjieffian J. G. Bennett published speculation that Shambalha was Shams-i-Balkh, a Bactrian sun temple
Balkh Map, Map of Balkh Province (Velayat), Afghanistan

Balkh Map, Map of Balkh Province (Velayat), Afghanistan

 
Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS - Home

Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS - Home

 
Silk Road Seattle - Balkh

Silk Road Seattle - Balkh

 
Balkh Map | Now Shop Time

Balkh Map | Now Shop Time

 
Balkh Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Balkh Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 
Balkh Location Guide

Balkh Location Guide

 
File:Afghanistan-Balkh.png - Wikimedia Commons

File:Afghanistan-Balkh.png - Wikimedia Commons